As of 1 November 2022 the prices for passports and travel documents in SA have increased. Photo: Stock Image / Pixabay
As of 1 November, the price increase for passports and other travel documents officially kicked in – here are all the details…
As of 1 November 2022 the prices for passports and travel documents in SA have increased. Photo: Stock Image / Pixabay
As of 1 November 2022, the price increase for passports and travel documents has officially taken effect.
The amended fees were published in Government Gazette No 47256 on 6 October.
According to the Department of Home Affairs, this is the first time since 2011 that the prices of travel documents have increased.
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The Department said that the changes were informed by the outcome of a bench-marking exercise with other countries.
The above found that the tariffs in SA were up to three times lower than the rest of the world.
In addition to this, the Department noted that the production costs were much higher than what people pay for passports.
“We believe that the people who are able to travel out of the country are financially better off than ordinary citizens and they don’t need to be subsidised in the manner we have been doing,” said Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
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The fees payable in respect of applications for a South African are as follows:
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The fees payable in respect of applications for a South African the following documents made outside of the Republic, at Missions, Embassies or Consulates, are as:
The Minister reminded South Africans that there is nothing called an emergency passport.
Motsoaledi noted that an emergency travel certificate is a document that is only available to South Africans who are stranded abroad.
The emergency travel certificate allows the stranded South Africans to come home and once they are back, the document’s usefulness lapses.
“There is no emergency travel certificate for South Africans who need to travel abroad”,
said Minister Motsoaledi.
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